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Giant's Grave is a wedge tomb located near Magherafelt in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. This Neolithic megalithic monument belongs to the wedge tomb tradition, a class of portal tombs characteristic of the Irish Neolithic period, typically dating to around 3500–2500 BCE. The structure comprises a burial chamber formed by orthostatic stones arranged in a characteristic wedge or tapering shape, narrowing from the entrance towards the rear, a design typical of this tomb type. As a surviving example of Neolithic funerary architecture in the north of Ireland, it represents an important element of the region's megalithic heritage and provides evidence of early farming communities' monumental construction practices.
Giant's grave. wedge tomb is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 12960. View the official record →
Giant's Grave is a wedge tomb located near Magherafelt in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 12960.
Giant's grave. wedge tomb dates from the neo/b.a. period, and is classified as a megalithic tomb. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Giant's grave. wedge tomb is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Ni. The official designation reference is 12960.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Wedge tomb (1.9 km), Giant's grave. megalithic tomb (2.3 km), Pre-bog landscape of field walls, field clearance walls & cairns, a cairn field, a stone structure & possible megalithic tombs (3 km).
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